Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Metatron" channel.

  1. Kermeet Frug: exactly. Also, there's a tactical advantage for the wearer. He knows where the weakpoints in his armour are, so he knows which attacks he needs to protect himself from and which attacks and feints he can pretty much ignore and just power through. A person wearing no armour at all doesn't have that advantage. That person has to be on his guard against EVERY attack, because even small cuts and blows could be deadly (even if they don't kill him outright, the pain, shock and blood loss will most likely affect the victims balance and fighting stance, which will make it even easier for his opponent to finish him off) And if you have to be on your guard for every kind of attack, because any impact could lead to your death, it also means you're more susceptible to feints, which could also lead to your death since the purpose of a feint is to lure your opponent off balance and deliver a follow up killing blow.
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  2. I really like the development between Henry and Hans in the first game. They begin as squabbling young men, pitted against eachother due to their differences in social class and all that. But as they spend more time together they go from master and servant to being really good buddies getting into all sorts of trouble together. I especially like how Hans goes from being an obnoxious fop to being revealed as a more sympathetic and generous guy too. It's just a good feat of writing and character development.
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  3. From the perspective of the roman: if you're not some fancy battle mage, opposed to rome. They don't care about your magical abilities.
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  4. I think the question is: are you a good swordsman, or a good swordFIGHTER?
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  5. I think you just unscrewed the pommel, threw it at the scriptwriters and and ended them rightly! :D
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  6. Kingdome Come Deliverance: Am I a joke to you?
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  7. Hey, call me old fashioned, but I wouldn't mind if gladiatoral games were brought back, so long as slavery is taken out of the equation.
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  8. Getting sick of the Social Justice-squad running youtube yet? :)
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  9.  @PewPewPlasmagun  No weapon or unit is effective when applied inappropriately.
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  10. Is there really an inverse relationship between historical accuracy and entertainment?
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  11. Looking at the state of the world, and the global politics, I'd hope people of the future refer to our time as the "Intellectual Dark Ages"... Because frankly... It is.
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  12. Roses are red Violets are blue What is 13, And also 52?
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  13. In my own humble opinion, I find this indicative of a weakness within the academic system. It's very appealing for academics to "stand out" and "make a name" for themselves. And this is very hard to do if all you do is repeat findings that your predecessors have discovered before you. Therefore, a few academics will tread a dark path of trying to be controversial for the sake of controversy, in order to get "noticed". Academic history is rife with these people. And sadly, not all of them ended up being discredited for it.
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  14. Slavery has already been forbidden to talk about in some cases though. For example, mention the Barbary Slave Trade, the primary victims of it, the number of victims and who the perpetrators were in academic circles, and suddenly you'll have people coming out of the woodwork accusing you of racism for "taking away attention from the trans-atlantic slave trade" or you'll be accused of "islamophobia" or both..
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  15.  @michaelterrell5061  The historians worth their salt, for sure. But when looking at hollywood productions, it seems like they hire the most awful historians and military advisors imaginable for every single production. I'm willing to bet that if a movie crew decided to consult with Raf, Shad, Jason Kingsley and the others and followed their advice, you'd end up with a film that even the most nitpicky viewer would have trouble finding faults with in terms of historical accuracy.
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  16. RubberKidney - OR YOUR DISTANT FATHER WHO DIDN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH ATTENTION!
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  17. My sincerest condolences, Rafaello. I wish you and your family all the best in this time of mourning. Your mother was truly a special woman, raising such an honourable son.
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  18. Isn't this a common problem with terms like "stone age", "bronze age" and "iron age" as well? Seeing as how different parts of the world entered these ages culturally at different points in time.
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  19. Communism destroys everything. Communism is the ideological equivalent to a virus: infectious, and all-consuming of the host body or host society which it takes root.
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  20. @Stirgid Lanathiel Just because various creation myths had gods perform feats of magic, it doesn't suggest or prove that people viewed some convoluted LGBT analogue of it to be neutral or positive. That's just wishful thinking from LGBT-activists like yourself. Christianity did not invent bigotry towards LGBT-people. There are far more non-christian cultures to choose fom to find it. Oh and bringin up indo-europeans only put your position onto even thinner ice than before. Because if you're going to argue that we simply do not know enough about the Norse to be able to make accurate statements about their opinions on anything, we know EVEN LESS about ancient indo-european tribes than we do about the Norse.
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  21. Catonius: Not really. It's more of a surefire way to cause deadly infections for yourself. As any modern and superior soldier know: keeping your feet dry, warm and free of cuts and wounds is key to be able to wage a war. (you don't want to skimp on the money when getting yourself a pair of combat boots) Your "tough feet" won't do you much good when they have to be amputated due to gangrene or frostbite.
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  22. What? A RETIRED professor says something controversial that would make him relevant again? I'm shocked!
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  23. Simon Elof: I've been saying the same thing for months now. Youtube needs to see a mass exodus of both content creators and viewers since they started shitting all over the concept of freedom of speech. It used to be "Broadcast yourself". But they even deleted that tagline, and now we can all see why.
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  24. Well they do have more "dead weight" to haul around...
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  25. Skallagrim should definitely consider you a friend, or at the very least: a renowned colleague. I'd be disappointed with him if he didn't.
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  26. @Stirgid Lanathiel What "progress" are you talking about? Pro-LGBT values? No ancient culture or medieval culture on the face of the earth has ever shared the kind of values that you'd consider "progressive". As you said: "hate to break it to ya". What we have today in terms of tolerance and "progress" is an extreme outlier and furthermore it has only existed for about a blink of an eye, historically speaking. We who are alive today are not any kind of "norm". We are the exception.
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  27.  @sentinal2343  No, early scandinavia did not have black populations. Give me your sources and I will destroy them for you without breaking a sweat.
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  28. Well, if an alien civilization is still a planetbound civilization, their warriors would be similar to ours. Infantry, cavalary/mechanized, airforce (if their technological levels have progressed enough to make aircraft) and marine/naval (if their technological levels permits seafaring vessels). It's not very likely that all alien cultures are as technologically sophisticated as humans. In fact several might even be less technologically sophisticated. However, if the alien civilization is a spacefaring, interstellar civilization. Their warriors are likely to be more like scientists and engineers. If they are advanced enough to visit other solar systems, then their methods of warfare would either be to employ precision bombardment from orbit, employing engineered bacterial or biological warfare or they would be "robot jockeys" directing and sending robotic infantry, airforce and naval drones to attack their enemies with precision. The technological sophistication required to achieve interstellar travel will undoubtedly already have guaranteed that such a species have mastered fields of biological warfare and robotics. And even now in the human race we're seeing the technological progression towarda automated and remote controlled weapon systems like drones and robots (machine guns mounted on tracked, remote controlled platforms using mounted cameras to make threat assesments and aiming, small, remote controlled bomber and fighter aircraft etc.) Even fighter jets "piloted" by a physical human aren't actually "piloted" by humans anymore. The speeds and rapid changes in winds would make it impossible for a normal human to pilot a modern fighter jet without crashing. Almost all modern fighter jets and attack helicopters employ "fly by wire" systems where a computer handles 90 percent of the actual piloting, while the human pilot basically only directs the aircraft to where it's supposed to go (in most aircraft this could easily be handled remotely as well). The same goes for weapons systems. "Dog fights" are a thing of the past. Nowadays, fighter pilots don't even physically see the enemy they're engaging, but rather blips on a radar to send long range, self-guided air-to-air missiles at. To make an infantry analogy, modern fighter jets are more like "sniper aircraft" rather than regular infantry as their engagement distance have only increased over the last 50 years. It stands to to reason that an alien civilization capable of interstellar travel would've long since surpassed our current levels and have their navy vessels, fighter aircraft, artillery and even infantry almost entirely robotic and automated, only requiring engineers and remote operators to function.
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  29.  @MindForgedManacle  Well for example: casting a black actress as Anne Boleyn... Or trying to cancel a video game developer, making a game about medieval Bohemia... Because their game didn't include any BLACK Knights...
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  30. I think people have always been racist to a certain degree. But for the most part, it never extended beyond bias and predudice. The modern narrative is that any racist thought will automatically lead to racial persecutions and genocides, which just isn't supported by history.
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  31. Metaltron, the long lost brother of Metatron 😄
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  32.  @sentinal2343  You namedrop two universities who aren't even scandinavian, and expect me to see it as proof? Sorry, won't work. You need to quote the academics and their papers making these claims. You need to show actual human remains of africans being dug up in Iceland, Sweden, Norway or Denmark that predate the iron age, using verifiable carbon dating to prove their authenticity. Good luck, ha ha ha
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  33. What many people obssessing with correctness of technique fail to understand is that these techniques, stances and positions were originally developed by a single "master". They were custom made to HIS body and anatomy. That doesn't mean that the techniques and stances are optimal for any user. We have different arm lengths. Differently developed musculature. Differently shaped femurs and leg bones in general. From a fighters perspective, the "correct" posture, technique and positioning is determined through the most effective and optimal form for a particular bodytype. When it feels comfortable, natural AND applies the maximum amount of force and speed to your cuts and thrusts, THAT'S when you've got a PROPER technique. Regardless of what the "master" says.
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  34. I think he use the term "Lorica Segmentata" with incorrect pronounciation because he's refering to a certain type of armour of Roman origin. I'm not sure if there is an official english name for the armour in question. Maybe you could get away with just saying "segmented armour", but in english it sounds too general so people may have more trouble understanding that you're refering to Roman armour. Kind of in the same way that we use "Katana" for a specific kind of Japanese sword. Even though the word just seems to denote the word "Sword" in Japanese.
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  35. I'm a white man. And I agree. I'd much rather see more television features and documentaries about ancient African cultures and historical figures, than having black Africans being shoehorned into my history and culture in this manner. History happened everywhere after all. But communications were poor in ancient times, and not much survives into our times. So make an effort to expose more of history in all parts of the world, I say.
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  36. The statistics today show that children who are taught to use firearms at an early age tend to not be involved in violent crime or lethal accidents to the same degree as people who had no training or experience with firearms at an early age. So teaching kids about proper weapons handling at an early age is actually a good thing.
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  37. Did Arminius really want to kill him though? I thought he had previous relationships with most of the people in that village. So maybe his poor fighting performance stemmed from his conscience or lack of desire to kill?
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  38.  @richiestyles5143  But the myth of Camelot and King Arthur has historical origins with very clear descriptions of the characters. You're not putting black actors in it to "help a brother out". You're only doing it to piss over the territory of a race that's different from yours. With your reasoning there would be no problem casting a white actor as Black Panther either...
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  39.  @sentinal2343  So you're asked for proof and now you complain that you have to put your money where your mouth is? Pathetic display. And yes, you can tell the origins of people based on skeletal measurements. Forensic scientists do it every day. But I guess you didn't know that. Because all you've done is read som pop-culture "historical" article on Buzzfeed where some fringe crackpot undergraduate from Oxford claims that Africans co-existed with the Norse in Scandinavia.
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  40. For sure. I mean it's difficult beating out those shapes even with modern tools like electric drills, angle grinders and pneumatic hammers. Doing it with period tools was a real chore.
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  41.  @herbertgearing1702  Oh yes, and as far as "inclusiveness" goes... We're talking about a point in time where people basically murdered eachother for pretty basic resources. Warfare in modern times can't really compare. We wage wars for more ambiguous and abstract concepts like geopolitics, idealism and all that crap. But during the Viking age it was more of "Either I go to this village, kill a bunch if people and take their stuff so me and my family can have enough food for the winter, or me and my family starve until the next spring harvest". When you're at that point making choices like that, modern values like "inclusivity" are so far down the bottom of your list so it's basically poking a hole on the other side of the earth. But idiotic modern television producers will try and have me believe that the Norse in that period actually gave a crap about ideology like that 🤣
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  42.  @oskariratinen1213  If people were completely fine with "gay couples" at the time... Why are there no records of any kind of same sex marriages? If homosexuality was treated as "perfectly normal" why would they have a problem with people of the same sex getting married?
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  43. How about a video about food? I'd be interested in the differences between ancient roman food compared to modern italian food and especially if there is any overlap between them. They seem kind of far apart since it's hard to imagine italian cuisine devoid of tomatoes.
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  44. SJW's be like: "Cleopatra was black!" Me: "Yes... Cleopatra... Of the House of Ptolemy... From Macedonia... Macedonians are famous for being black, aren't they?" 🤔
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  45. The Roman military did have grooming standards, even when in the field though. So they did shave in encampments and such. 😁
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  46. If you look up "casus belli" in an italian dictionary, there will be a picture of two hands breaking spaghetti.
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  47. You havin' girl-ninja problems I feel bad for you son I dodged 99 shurikens But my knee took one
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  48. edi: No self-respecting warlord would be caught dead at any domicile where the door doesn't fit his majestic armour and helmet. B-)
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  49. Theo Sims: True, but largely irrelevant since there are no historical sources that any ancient society primarily objected to women fighting in wars based on "ease of repopulation". The reasons and values behind it were completeky different.
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  50. Purely Presbyterian: Not to mention the looks of computer software that the "hacker" employs. Anyone who has ever seen a fictional representation of the user interface and software that a hacker-type character use to "hack" stuff would think the software looks really colourful with all manner of sound and graphics effects, when in reality the software and user interface is quite bland and rarely contain any images or graphical representations besides numbers and letters.
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